The Children's Picture Fable-Book Containing One Hundred and Sixty Fables

Title

en_US The Children's Picture Fable-Book Containing One Hundred and Sixty Fables

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US First U.S. edition

en_US Preface (and translation?) by Gordon Home

Creator

en_US No Author See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Weir, Harrison

Date

2016-01-25T16:49:24Z

en_US 1998-09

en_US 1861

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:49:24Z

Date Issued

en_US 1861

Abstract

en_US Hobbs gives 1860 as the date of the first edition of this work, by Routledge. Perhaps this is a first or second American edition. She rightly calls these wood engravings sensitive. I think they are among Weir's best work. It also seems to be his earliest published work. The book's format is small (5¼ x 6¾) the illustrations occupy a full page each, and the print is large and bold. The book seems well conceived for younger readers. Unfortunately, the book lacks 65-112 and the ten illustrations contained in those pages. There is fairly frequent foxing and staining. Among the best illustrations are CJ (frontispiece and 19), DS (11), The Eagle and the Fox (57), The Dog, the Cock, and the Fox (179), and The Kid and the Wolf (209). The Lion and the Bulls (65), FS (142), and The Wolf and the Horse (159) have been garishly colored. Inscribed in 1866. There is a list of illustrations at the front and an AI at the back. A quick search does not reveal the source of the texts.

Identifier

en_US 3523 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78891

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Harper & Brothers Publishers,

en_US New York

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.C45 1861 See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole